Steven J. Diner

Steven J. Diner headed Rutgers University-Newark as Chancellor from July 2002 to December 2011. Prior to serving as chancellor, Dr. Diner served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers-Newark from 1998-2011. He is also a professor of history.

His publications include A City and Its Universities, Housing Washington's People, and A Very Different Age: Americans of the Progressive Era, as well as numerous articles and essays on the history of American higher education, urban history, and the history of public policy.